latteus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cliché noun A phrase or idea that has been used so often it no longer has any force or freshness.
- commonplace adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- dullness noun The quality of being slow of understanding things.
- platitude noun An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
- truism noun A self-evident or obvious truth.
Senses
latteus is used for these senses in English:
- blandness Lack of interest or appeal.
- cliché (rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]
- commonplace A platitude or cliché.
- dullness The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity.
- platitude (countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
- platitude (uncountable) Unoriginality; triteness.
- truism A banality or cliché.
cliché — full definition
- noun A phrase or idea that has been used so often it no longer has any force or freshness.
- noun A situation, character or feature so predictable that it feels stale.
- adjective So overused as to have lost its impact. Often written clichéd.
commonplace — full definition
- adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- noun A remark or idea that has become dull and predictable from overuse; a cliché.